Computational analysis of core promoters in the Drosophila genome

Table 4 The most significant motifs in the extended promoter sequences spanning from -250 to +50, as identified by the MEME algorithm

Motif	Consensus	Number of sequences	IC (bit)	E value
1	YGGTCACACTR	391	16.4	5.0e-369
2	CKCTCTCTCKCTCTC	166	19.1	1.7e-203
3	KCGRCGNCGRCNGCR	153	18.5	1.1e-151
4	TTTKTTTWTWTWTWT	514	13.8	1.5e-155
5	TATCGATAR	246	15.0	4.4e-78
6	CAGCCTGWTTY	187	15.8	1.5e-80
7	STGGCAACGCYR	104	17.6	1.4e-55
8	GTGYGTGTGTGYGTG	106	19.1	6.4e-96
9	YTGCTKYTGCYKYTG	58	20.0	1.2e-39
10	GCGCYTWACAGCAC	34	21.9	9.5e-24

See Table 2 for explanation. Motif 1 corresponds to motif 1 in Table 2; motif 5 to motif 2 (DRE); motif 7 appears to be a variant of motif 8.

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